Illustrated byAnnouchka Gravel Galouchko
Stoddart Kids, 1998
07737-3101-6
24 pages
Goodreads rating: 2.80
My rating: 3.5
Endpapers :tiny green & lavender squiggles that appear like a field of lavender
Illustrations Bright, collag-y without being actual collage - lots of tiny dots and squiggles - love 'em! And her name is pretty darn cool, too....
Artist's dedication: For those who have the courage to walk a different path, to those who find strength in walking alone, to independent spirits, but especially for Sacha, who was with me throughout this work, and born when it was finished - a beautiful masterpiece. - A.G.G.
1st line/s: "When Van was a boy wandering the forest of Vietnma, he found the stick. It had fallen from a great teak tree."
A young boy's treasured walking stick, made from a teak tree outside the Buddhist temple in a village in Vietnam, watches changes in the country, travels far away, and is returned many years later to its place of origin by the young boy's granddaughter.
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